Doflamingo watched Lan Luo and his crew leave through a rune wormhole, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Doffy, can we contact the Marine to act together?" Pica asked with a high-pitched voice.
Doflamingo just threw out today's newspaper, and Pica took it and started reading. After a long time, he didn't move.
Diamante, standing nearby, also stared in shock at the large headline: "The Fifth Emperor Crushes the Beasts Pirates."
The accompanying picture showed Lan Luo's initial punch, making Kaido spit blood—muscular and well-proportioned, powerfully explosive, with eyes that could draw in one's soul, elegant yet strong, and movements full of charm, driving many women on the Grand Line wild.
However, everyone's bounties saw an explosive increase this time. It could be said that through this great battle, Lan Luo's Pirate Crew ascended to a new Empress, and many considered them the strongest Pirate Crew in the New World.
Thunder God: Sivslie Lan Luo, Bounty: 3.64 billion Berries. Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, suspected dual Devil Fruit ability, the fifth new Emperor on the sea, defeated Kaido.
Great Swordsman Shimotsuki Kuina, Bounty: 1.26 billion Berries, wielder of the great sword wado ichimonji, Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Vampire Form. Her extremely high bounty was due to defeating King, one of the Three Disasters, and the newspaper featured a heroic image of Kuina after a single slash. Combined with the allure of her succubus abilities and Love-Love Fruit abilities, Kuina gained countless fans across the Grand Line, both male and female, in a short time.
Demon Child Nico Robin, Bounty: 960 million Berries, Flower-Flower Fruit user. The accompanying picture could be described as a photobook; she merely winked at the Plague, and he was instantly petrified. Long black hair, slender beautiful legs, snow-white skin, a gentle and quiet succubus with a refined temperament, which caused many perverts on the Grand Line to get hard just by seeing Robin's photo.
Cat Burglar Nami, Bounty: 860 million Berries. If Kuina and Robin had battle pictures, Nami's was entirely a personal, mischievous succubus photobook. It's easy to imagine that this issue of the newspaper, with these pictures, would sell out.
Combatant Mikita, Bounty: 550 million Berries, Float-Float Fruit user. The picture showed numerous approaching Beasts Pirates members all turned to stone, while Mikita smiled at the camera, exuding a gentle succubus charm.
Ghost Princess Perona, Bounty: 540 million Berries, Ghost-Ghost Fruit user. In the picture, ghosts constantly emerged from her body, turning nearby pirates into stone statues, her slender beautiful legs adding a touch of legal loli-like seductive succubus charm.
Pet Chopper, Bounty: 100 Berries, Live Capture Only.
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Back on the airship, Lan Luo held the newspaper he had just picked up in Dressrosa, while Chopper sat in a corner of the airship, drawing circles in self-pity.
"Lan Luo, everything on the airship is great, except the newspapers aren't timely, so we miss a lot of news," Nami complained.
Hearing Nami's complaint, Lan Luo rolled his eyes at her: "We're flying at high altitude. Don't you have anyone you know on the ground? Have them buy an extra newspaper and send it to you via the ring."
Kuina, seeing her bounty and her photo in the newspaper, was in a very good mood and asked, "Where are we going next?"
"In a moment, we'll return to the East Blue. Then, through an entrance relatively close to the Grand Line, we'll split into two groups. You'll go to the North Blue's Grand Line entrance and wait for Law and his pet Bepo. Chopper, you can use rumble ball to exchange blood with Bepo. I'll go to the South Blue's Grand Line entrance to wait for Eustass Kid. After success, we can contact each other via the rings. Doctor, let's do the Ark Reactor experiment at the North Blue's Grand Line entrance. Once it's complete, send an energy source to me." Lan Luo made arrangements for the near future.
The future whale opened a rune wormhole in the sky and returned directly to the East Blue. Lan Luo said to Kuina, "During the time I'm gone, I'm counting on you." He then patted Kuina's head, just like before.
Seeing Kuina's pouting expression, Lan Luo opened another rune wormhole and disappeared from the airship.
Kuina then turned to everyone and said, "Let's go out too. We must get the blood of the Ope-Ope no Mi user."
...
Lying in the grass by the island entrance to the South Blue's Grand Line, Lan Luo was bored, basking in the sun. It had been eleven days since he arrived. If not for the news he saw a few days ago, he would have thought Kid's crew had already entered the Grand Line.
Nami's group had already obtained Law and Bepo's blood two days ago. There was no other way; the current Law was no match for Kuina. The moment he saw Kuina, he caved in and let Chopper draw some blood. Chopper also gave Bepo some of his homemade rumble ball for emergencies.
Currently, Kuina should be in Shimotsuki Village, Nami returned to Cocoyasi Village, and Robin, Chopper, and the other crew members all went to Loguetown to sightsee, as it was the Pirate King's final destination.
In the afternoon, a noisy Pirate Crew ship rushed down from the mountaintop. Lan Luo, through his senses, confirmed it was the Kid Pirate Crew, whom he had been waiting for nearly half a month.
The Kid Pirate Crew originated from the South Blue, led by Captain Eustass Kid. Since its formation, the Pirate Crew had acted ruthlessly, and its reputation was extremely poor due to its massacre of civilians.
Lan Luo had no psychological burden in attacking them. He directly unleashed a Conqueror's Haki, and everyone on the ship fainted.
Soon after, Lan Luo, holding a Magnet-Magnet Fruit, flew high into the sky again. He drew the Enma from his waist and casually swung it. The Kid Pirate Crew was completely annihilated at the entrance to the South Blue's Grand Line.
Opening a rune wormhole, Lan Luo returned directly to the airship. Without bothering the others who were sightseeing in Loguetown, he went straight to the laboratory and found Vegapunk, who was working there.
"Doctor, how is my multi-Devil Fruit integration experiment progressing?" Lan Luo asked curiously.
"Cellular rejection is significant. With the Extremis Virus, smooth fusion is possible. If there's a way to resolve the spiritual conflicts within the Devil Fruit, perfect fusion can be achieved," Vegapunk explained simply.
"The fusion of multiple Devil Fruit abilities requires simultaneously resolving both physical and spiritual energy issues," he added.
Lan Luo thought for a moment. He could solve all these problems: "Have you obtained the blood of Dragon and Belo Betty?"
A few days ago, Lan Luo had Vegapunk contact the Revolutionary Army to ask them to draw some blood from Dragon and Belo Betty. After all, they still had some reservations about Lan Luo, but they trusted Vegapunk more because he had saved Kuma's daughter, Bonney.
"Yes, Kuma sent it over using his ability," Vegapunk replied.
"Then let's make a few Devil Fruits for research first. What equipment do you need? I can help make it anytime."
"A centrifuge, flow cytometer, incubator, and PCR machine. We are currently missing these instruments; the lab has the others. You should first read through the manufacturing data for artificial Devil Fruits and the creation of Superhuman green blood, then come help me," Vegapunk also wanted to see the research direction Lan Luo had told him about.
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